Cosmos' star midfielder Franz Beckenbauer leaves the locker room at Giants Stadium. Beckenbauer is being honored by the Cosmos as they play a farewell game for him against a select team of players...
Der Kaiser liebte den Fußball und die Frauen. Was ihm von beidem wichtiger war – das wechselte schon mal!
Fotos von Franz Beckenbauer sind mittlerweile eine echte Seltenheit geworden.
football, Bundesliga, 1973/1974, Stadium am Boekelberg, Borussia Moenchengladbach versus FC Bayern Munich 5:0, Franz Beckenbauer
This week marks 100 days until the World Cup kicks off in Brazil. To celebrate the milestone, Sportsmail has been counting down the 100 greatest stars in the tournament’s history and here we will reveal our No 1.
Franz Beckenbauer is in an exclusive club as he is one of only three men, including Didier Deschamps and Mario Zagallo, to have won a World Cup as a player and manager.
There has been much debate over the best footballers and rightly so, considering the sheer amount of players and the vastness of 'the beautiful game'. It is astonishing how FIFA has more members than the UN. Played simply everywhere, today I would like to introduce this list which will, I expect, gather criticism, but constructive
THE LIST: 50 great sporting photographs, Nos 10-1
From left to right, German footballer Franz Beckenbauer, American soccer midfielder Rick Davis and Brazilian footballer Pele in Uberlândia, Brazil, June 1979.
